Demangel
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Posted - 2006.01.24 02:12:00 -
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Edited by: Demangel on 24/01/2006 02:13:15
Edited by: Demangel on 24/01/2006 02:12:10
 Originally by: Winterblink
If I remember correctly, wasn't there a Borg corp that did this? All their members were named 3 of 5, and 4 of 7 and stuff like that, and they all used newbie frigates to swarm people.
Pretty sure this has been done before. Still damn hilarious, though.
(my memory isn't what it used to be so I'm sure I'm fudging some facts but here goes)
Way back near release time, m00 corp (the dreaded cow pirate syndicate LOL), had blockaded some pretty high sec caldari systems.
The m00 blockades became a serious problem, and in one instance a bunch of carebears and the like staged a massive counter attack, the fllet also consisted mainly of newb ships and other assorted disposables. Back then only a handful of corps had BS's that where really operational in a PVP sense (nobody really had the time yet to train BS very far, let alone the cash). so the best either side I think had was cruisers...
The outcome was quite similar...
These events caused CCP to stage what to my knowledge was the very first use of GM power in a RP manner to deal with players harming game play (as m00 was for the most part doing only what CCP had made possible, and in fact playing to the setting of eve in thier own way, ccp couldn't just ban em all for causing such mayhem, as that would have been a real mistake IMHO, and what they did do was somehow very satisfying LOL).
They sent in "The Four" Which was from what I recall a couple of GM's in uber pretty much unkillable ships which decemated the m00 forces causing them to finaly withdraw (at least for a time) from high sec camping.
no matter when it happens it's entertaining though.
As for newb ships not being a threat? I dunno, the level 2 version of the technical secrets mission (part three) is enough to ***** even a well tanked BS's defenses even without the cruisers, unless the BS pilot carefully plans thier appraoch etc.
I would fathom that a serious number of well enoudh fitted newb ships (say each having scramblers, and high alpha strike weaponry), could easily take down a sniper BS (Usualy not very very heavily tanked, just enough to survive the gate guns usualy as a lot of the lows and such are used for tracking and range mods if I can recall). Problem is getting a rag tag fleet of strangers to function well in such a complex disposable fleet of 50+ is hard. Even when they are all told to be zerging, you have to have them ALL arrive on the scene at the right time, in the right place...
1 covert in the gang to get the entire fleet to warp right into scramble range, with enough newbs tackling and enough damaging though should have done the trick... 50ish I'd say just might do it... Course they'd need more than civ guns and scramble I'm sure to really succeed.
:)
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Demangel > Dude... I would call..
Demangel > wait that sounded g@y I bet.
Galaxion > Just a bit.
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